Achieving the intended purpose of the local administration requires carful selection of the
elements assigned to work in local units, which requires that those elements are aware of
local reality and have sufficient technical expertise. In the cont
ext of the inability of the
method used in forming local councils to achieve the objectives of local administration, the
jurisprudence and legislation differ in determining the method to be followed within the
priority of those objectives and within the political ،economic ،and social reality in each country.
Where some systems tend to adopt the election in selecting the members of local councils ,
while others tend to adopt the method of appointing or the combination of (election and
appointing) methods in order to take the advantages of both methods . But, it is the need
and desire of prevailing legal system and the possibilities available , that determine the
method to be adopted.
